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Purple and green metallic bee - Argochrysis
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Purple and green metallic bee - Argochrysis
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 27, 2009
Size: ca 5mm

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Purple and green metallic bee - Argochrysis Purple and green metallic bee - Argochrysis
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 28 April, 2009 - 9:32am
Last updated 1 August, 2010 - 8:59am

Moved
Moved from Cuckoo Wasps.
… v belov, 1 August, 2010 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Argochrysis
With white spots on legs, white edge at the end of abdomen and since it is found in New World there is only one possible genus it can belong to - Argochrysis.
… Villu Soon, 29 July, 2010 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

Ruby-Tailed Wasp
Hello ^-^

Not a bee I'm afraid, Its actually a Ruby-Tailed wasp or Cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae), so aptly named because it deceivingly (though brilliantly!!) lays its eggs in the nests of other insects. In the height of Summer, the species Chrysis ignita is quite common. This might be C.ignita but its intricate venation is hard to make out.

rob
… R.J. Deady, 28 April, 2009 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

 
I agree it is a Chrysididae,
I agree it is a Chrysididae, but I do not think that it is the genus Chrysis and for sure not ignita, which is a European species... It looks more like a Hedychridium...
… Martin Hauser, 28 April, 2009 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
I am familiar with C. ignita
from Germany - no this isn't it, this one is far plumper
… margarethe brummermann, 28 April, 2009 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I missed the fact the pi
Yes, I missed the fact the picture was taken in the U.S. sorry about that :-), beautiful pic!
… R.J. Deady, 28 April, 2009 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

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